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It Seemed Like a Good Idea at the Time

3.319751h 30mPGMovieComedy

Sweeney is a playwright on a career decline. He spends much of his time wheedling money and beer out of his artistic friend Moriarty. One of his few highlights is weekly sex with his ex-wife Georgia. She is remarried to a rich but vile…

DirectorJohn Trent
WritersDavid Main·John Trent
ProducerDavid Perlmutter

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Cast · Directed by John Trent

ANAnthony Newley
Anthony Newley
Sweeney
SPStefanie Powers
Stefanie Powers
Georgina
IHIsaac Hayes
Isaac Hayes
Moriarty
LBLloyd Bochner
Lloyd Bochner
Burton
YCYvonne De Carlo
Yvonne De Carlo
Julia
HRHenry Ramer
Henry Ramer
Prince
LDLawrence Dane
Lawrence Dane
Broom
JCJohn Candy
John Candy
Kopek
MF
Moya Fenwick
Mrs. Chorley
AS
Anne Marie Sten
Big Red
RSRobert A. Silverman
Robert A. Silverman
Lawyer
RW
Roy Wordsworth
Albert

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